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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12

Reports published by Bradstreet'a
showing the condition of the real es-
tate market and of building opera
tions in various cities of the United
States, including New York. Brooklyn,
Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland. Gin
cinnati, Columbus, Chicago. st. Paul.
Minneapolis, Kansas City, Louisville,
Duluth, st. Louis, Wichita, Kan,
Birmingham, Ala, Nashville, Rich
mond, and other points, are almost
uniform in bearing witness to rising
prices and increasing activity iii build
ing oparations, but one cannot help
noticing chat the investment of mon
eyi 10 neg structures of all kinds and
the demand for houses are both quite
as lively in the Oldest large cities in
the country as in the Western boom
centers. The wholecountry's prosper
ity is shown in the real estate and
building booms of its big cities and
thriving towns, and the evidences of
progress cannot of course, be confined
to only oIs section.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12
A Sailors Compliment
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
A compliment, true and genuine
was paid by q sailor who was sent 9!
his captain to carry a letter to .he
lady of his love. The sailor, having
delivered his message. stood gazing y
silent admiration upon the lady, ioi
she was Very beautiful. 80.
well. my good man. she SAID, ios
what do you wait? There y ny
answer to be returned" y.
Lady" replied the sailor v''1
humble Difference, 'ff you please
would like to know your name. :,
did You not see it on the letter.
Pardon, LADY, never learned e
read. Mine has been a hard rousu
life" !.
And for what reason, my gooo
man, would you know my manner
Because" answered the cid tas,
looking up honestly. sin a storm 2.
sea. with danger afore me. 1would w
70 call the name of the brightest tnias
Id ever seen in my life. There'd q
sunshine in it even in the darkness
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12

Galesburg (Ill) Special: The following
interesting letter ron the late Henry
Ward Bescher has come to light here. 1t
WINS written to the editor OF q local paper
in answer to n questie n as to whether Mr..
Beecher had written ~isletter commencing
a certain actress performances, the letter
being exhibited here rs an advertisement.
The Brooklyn pastors reply was as
fellows:
Brooklyn, n. Y. April 90. 1S72.-Dear
sir: You send me a theater bill containing
a statement that / have been to hear -,
and also a letter purporting to have been
witten by me in her favor. The whole
thing is an impudent and gross forgery. |
now nothing OF the woman. have never
heard n play in a theatcr in my life. Such
%swindling advertisements as this one which
you send me-and there have been Others
of the same lying character-comhrm my
lifelong impressions OF the moral character
OF these vaeabond theaters.
Very truly yours,
HENRY WARD BEEcHER.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12

Last week the greatest landowner
in New York State made an assign
nent for the benefit OF his creditors,
bis assets consisting chiefly of farms
in Oneida, Qtsego, Madison, Chenango,
and other countries of central New
York, 1t is believed that the proper
.ty will sell Under the hammer for ST.
soc. 900 or more, and the whole of it
had been worked for all that a hard,
avaricions man like George Clark, the
l~and-greedy bankrupt in question,
could not get out OF it by screwing
rents up to the last notch. Yet the
result was ruin. just as it was in the
case OF the great Sullivant estates in
Illinois which, o few years ago. contain
ed more than 45, 900 acres of land.
Both experiments in landiordism on a
huge scale proved dismal failures be-
cause the craze for land-buying led to
p vast credit system which turned all
the revenues OF the farms into ths in
satiable cav OF the mortrage holders.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12
Tha preo;den,,o r.hnLo - somo

The Presidents rebuke of some ex-
ceedingly ill-mannered newspaper re-
porters, who are a disgrace to their
profession, is universally approved.
The Washington Star says; The an
noysnee expressed by the Presid emit
at the conduct of two or three OF the
newspaper representatives who have
been in the habit o~fattending his moon
receptions, is not at all unnatural.
The wonder is rather, that he has en-
dured so long insilence the ill-manners
OF which he and his guests have been
made the victims. Liberties have been
taken in the east room of the White
House which would not be tolera ted,
il indeed anyone would think of taking
them, in the drawing-room of q pri-
vate dwelling. Why the President and
those who pay their respects to him
should be made targets for a running
fire of witless and often insulting
comment, delivered in so loud a tone
that it could hardly fail to be over.
heard, does not appear"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
The Bes Molnes River Lands


An important land case was argued in
the supreme court of the United States
before Gen. Billiard OF Saratoga, n. T..
vic represents q title for q section oil
lNnd derived under a patent granted
q prescription settlement made in
1862 in the disputed Des Moiaes river lands
Of Iowa Although this suit involves but
one section, there is a large tract of land
with titles in dispute embarrassing all OF
thai territory covered by tho bin which
passfi the sast congress tn quiet titles to
lands in the Des Moines Riverland district,
and which was vetoed by President Cleye.
land. Gen. Ballard argued:
The presumption was void. The grant to
the railroad embraced more than half a
million acres. and provided that company
should receive lands by way OF idemnity in
lieu oi such ny had been disposed of with.
in the limits of the grant. The company
received 297 900 acres of indemnity lands,
bat in this ense are contesting title to a
section within the limits OF the original
grant.
j. r. Doneourhe OF Fort Dodge, Iowa,
Submitted a priated argument for the
railroad company. President Cleveland
in his veto to this bin to quiet titles to
these lands. stated that the question oil
ownership was one for the Judiciary Instead
OF eorisress To settle. and so the decision
OF tle court in this case win be awaited
with interest by tho hundreds OF settlers
In Dcs Moines.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12
INC srurderouv Apaches IN rls,

@~
Commander scthufeldt, Of The /,
Navy. writes TO the Neg York
une under the date OF the 2lst inst.@.
as follows:
Mr.. Herbert Welsh, secretary AZ i
Indian Rights Association, in ha
cent report. adversely criticises tbssx
ton of the government and ifs ~
Gals in the matter OF the treaffa~s
OF the Apache Indians now cont;nss:
Fort MarioB Fla. The ranorf -
sumes that these Indians should bs<
been dealt with as ifthey ereciy5I;,@s
people merely engaged in hostiI;s,s.
against the United States. The ~:
is that these Apaches are wild hess,
with the most cruel and bloodths~s
pr~oclivities, and only deserve trea
ment as such. The writer, q res,ss
of New Mexico during
raids OF chatto and Geron;a.
speaks from personal knox
edge and observation. He has hiHss,s
seer many victims of the cruel mai
nifty of those tigers. On one ocrs
| sion, at Silver City, in New Mer;cc
five bodies were brought into tous
a Mexican famify-the father. motbss.
and three little brown babies &:
murdered III cold blood and ,aass
horribly mutilated. They were ;nrr
cent, unsuspecting and harmless 10.
pie, killed in their own house, wisho,,,
cause or ~proyocation, but simply h.
cause they happened TO live on ~.
trail which these Indians were follaw
ing. Only last summer, near Dennis
| an unarmed ranchman and his r;ls
| while travelling toward their hons
were attacked by apart ofGeronimos
band; the man was butcbered. a.
woman outraged and murdered 81
| cold blood, having first had the tsr1
dons of her legs severed witt, an s.
In my presence in Silver City two ol5
residents reckoned up the number u
people they had personally knoxrfi
who had been killed by the Indiana
within five years, and the sum VA
above 120.
The chief Chatto, who is so Iaudd
by Mr.. Welsh, was the actual murder.
err of Judge McComas and his fan,ilv
on the public road near Lordsburr n
the summer of 1884, and Chatto eon.
fessed the fact after he was in the -.
vice OF the government as a scout
With all OF these unpunished crimes
upon their heads, and with handsree
ing with human blood, It would seem
that there should be no cause oil ccu.
plant of the supposed wrongs thess
creatures suffer by so mild a punish.
ment as imprisonment. The fact Is.
there is a false sentiment p~revallincin
the East as to the nature andebarae.
ter OF these Indians, and Mr.. WeIsh,s
report gives currency to this senti
ment. The frontier settlers who hars.
suffered in their raids best known tbs
trua nature of these murderous ami
mails. and they know that they
should be punished in a manner com
mensurate with their crimes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12


Texes is not the only Southern
State that is torn up nov on the liG-
aor question. The Tennessee Legs
lature, like that of Texas, passed a
submitting to the people
q prohibitory amendment to the Con-
Texas viii vote ON the
question on August 4, while the peo-
pie of Tennessee viii pass Judgment on
the matter on September 20. The
excitement in Texas il greater than it
Is in Tennessee, but the probability
of the adoption of the amendment
does not seem to be SO favorable in
the former State as it does in the lat
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12

Washington Special: The prosecuting
officer OF this district has decided that the
new Edmuuds bill to suppress polygamy
applies to this district as well as to Utah,
and that it's penalties relate to Illicit rela-
tions between people who are not Mormons.
The decision has been reached at the in
stance OF the police, who suggested whether
it would not be possible to proceed
against a certain immoral house. the pro-
prietors of which have hitherto deHsd de-
lection and punishment on account oil
the strict rules which have hitherto been
enforced as to evidence in such cases in
the courts here. The same section OF the
law authorizes the issuance OF attach
ments against any person who may be
needed as a witness without a previous
subpoena or notice.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12
IS not greatly exaggerated.

The total property in this country
is $4,000, 600, 900. This would
make an average af about 5000 each
is it were all divided up. But a man
having only 5000 could not afford to
invest it in any business; ne would
naturally spend it or keep it for a
riiny day. So, after a little, there
would DO M business done-none,
that's, except loading and eating up
the small amount of money which
would be allotted to each person. Is
this the .'grand hope OF Socialism,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12
English corrarationa engaged il u

English corporations engaged in the
isancfing business in the United States
are not finding it exceptionally profit
,ibie. Of the nine largest companies
Two have never paid any dividend.
In 1884 seven of them paid dividends
varying from 2 to 0 per cent, but last
year only two we're able to make any
profit atall. The acquisition gilmore
land than actually required is the
cause assigned for the failure, and it
is proposed in at least one instance
10 split up the holding and put about
iiinertenths OF it on the market.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12

The statement was made in the En-
gllsh House OF Commons that Great
Sritian is getting richer every year
By $500, 900, ooo, and that in conse
qiience the national debt ought to be
paid of more rather than less rapid.
iy than hitherto. The remark seems
a trifle wild, but in spite OF bad trade
and adverse circumstances the United
K ingdom is rapidly growing in wealth.
and it is probable that the estimate
was not greatly exaggerated.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12

The latest railway scandal is said
to be on loot among the Union Pacific
raagnates to let the government have
that road for its debt, and to make
up a new line out OF several branches
snd sections of road which would still
remain in their control, with an out
let through Iowa. 1t is a pretty pro-
gram; but if the government could not
block midway so gross and palpable
q fraad upon the people there must
be something wrong with the system
of which we boast so proudly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12

A comparison of the earnings of the
Southern railroads for q series OF
years past shows that they have been
larger this year than ever before, and
strikingIy illustrates the wonderful
progress that this section of the coun-
thy is making.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12

The American Grocer estimates
that there are in this country fifteen
m liion consumers ofalcoholic liquors,
and that the average drink bill of
this is $40 a year. This would foot
up a total bar fund of $500, ooo, 600
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12

wEBsTER

sradstreets says as an evidence OF
tiss good times there are now employ
ed in tins country 400. o0omore wage
workers than in 1855, and wages
are above the high level of 1882.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12

David I. Fotheringham, the ex.Adnms
express messenger. who was charged with
completely in the robbery OF the express
car on the st. Louis d San Francisco rail-
road last October, and whose prose
cution was thrown out OF the criIni-
nal court at st. Louis on a
technicaIity fled a suit in the circuit court
against the Adams Express company,
Supt. Damsel and Detective Pinkerton,
asking 100000 damages, $780, 900 of
which is claimed for false imprisonment
and $40, 900 each for his indictment and
prosecution.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12

1en. Boulauger, the French minister n,
war, has angered the vatican by declining
to exempt students for the priestboad
from the military service.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-12

way home. ! finally got saoaaa -
| ey, and ! can't tell you how
am to be under the stars and sf<fs
again"
New-York tribune., 1887-12-04
ryDI,G 4 DOwNWlRD cIREER.

PITT-Bt iG, Dee (>pcciaD.-A wcilIres,ci old man
who WAS found lying last night IN an ab~n
doncd warehouse the cveo died before lie c"uid Do
removed to hospital the deceased man was aitcr"ard
identified Dr. A. Herman age sixt,-iour AMI ohoe
pron,rcnt resident Of this city. He was educated III
Prnssan colleges and employed IN the Judiciary Depart
m-nt OF the Empire. and to this country iohS
ti,ne ago and for a time he practi-ed medicine III ~
ans Then he dftci into the pulpit ana was pastor VI
.. Grruas church At SaNpnburs Penn and ran Ahtsh"'
lie had relatives III THIS country ami hdu h'ri
r,..nfIy living chiutt. lie wSs qIurci-Shc anu
was dismissed after o"& STAY al TIE poor idr ~ ~
,.,uy Ia. tue physicians were iurOmpetrnt ihe hrN
MIR Inef OF tnis CITY, "hs had otto" neircHdcu to "o
ceased man. tlILks It IS a case oi suicide
New-York tribune., 1887-12-04

WHEN THEY BUY rInsi-CLAss TICKEIo IHLY ARE
LNIILLEn - sLALs IL LIL.-I. .CLAs. CAE..

WHEN THEY BUY IIHsi-CLAss TICKEI5 InET ARE
ENTITLED To SEATS IL FIRST CLASS CABS
WAsHINGTCN Dec 3-In the ca-c Oi william II.
Council against the Western and Atlantic ia.oad
Company, the Interstate Commerce Commission To-
day Iaale the following dcclsipns:
William II. Council. colorcd principal Of The Ilnni-
VILE Ala, industrial school. bought hr-t -cla-- u'h"
o.cr the Western and Nlauiic EalrOai, from 'halia
nooga to Atlanta and tool. -cai ln ihc ladies car
the oulr passenger the tram except half car
indinercntly fitted up for oolorcd people. Into this
Council va, directed TO 60 bui dd not 20 unii "r'cd
to do 20, and was assaulted and treated with some
violence he claimed by the agents Of the railIoad
but a, the railroad company claimed by Passengers
Council made complaint Cf unjust discrimir uion ana
undue prejudice against him. and unreasonable pref
crcncc for other passenger, with the same tickets ana
claimed large damage for Icaimcnt and for injuries,
and for counsel fees. The road answered that II
,,,,. e ucl cqIa!.y good accommodations and tn 1t
had a igIt TO separate H. White and cnlolod passengers
me opinion l. ly Nh Morrison, and the Commission
decides ,, ..
ma, colorcd people may he assigned -cp1rate cars
am cuuaI terms without advantage 10 clhoi race,
aud rtfi ucrra- ed comfort to bOth.
That the complainant had pmh me -aulc lh" -
m cr 1r.t ..,- ia --c gers. and II wa OiN IAN drdhg
and couIuou lociv mat be should have NE -rcun'l
and convenience Of travel for which Al- money h~l
been taken. J., o, ala, f.,
cor 1lt- for travel and tr road must furnish c"iyrl
,,cnur who buy first cla-- ticket accomn"da' i'h-
rnnav safe and comfortable with o'hcr hfS' c'a7S
New-York tribune., 1887-12-04


The Right TO the last clng to General SauSser,
obeying. hear, the order of the Comte de Paris
NJ Sad Carnot is Il most respectable person, who
can add up Column OF figures correctly.
He never made himself felt in
the Cabinet but also made no
enemies. lie is colorless mediocrity, but is sniff
Gent as a isurchcad. He was elected to play the
part OF King Log, and will play it as well as an
other. Not for any merits oi his own does he re-
place VI. Grcvy as President Of the French Rcpub-
lie, but Tor VI. Greyy's demerlis real or sap
posed Happily M.Cdrnot Is an honorable, upright
man.
As for the much-dreaded mob Of Paris they have
doge nothing all this tong afternoon but collect IN
the streets leading to the St. Lazarc station. Ihat
instead of the Place de Ia Concorie has become the
c,ntrc of disturbance. 4 majority of the Deputies
return bv that station to PARIS. Since the crowds
have swaycd about it bur were not allowed tocome
near. Coming pack from Versailles at g. before
the result was known. passed through eycrj part
Of these gatherings. II was perfectly evident that
the most dangerou, element of Pans afoot
BclcvI.le was III mot on, revolution was IN the air
aud II wanted only a word to bring the avalanche
down. TA.t AosI WAS Ferry. Not = Few Of these
parrots were ready 10 do their worst, Ferry or no
Ferry. Anarchists. Socialists, Communists ana
criminals made up pretty party. Among them
they wanted no prc,cxt; they wanted an oppor-
tunity.
The police were yisby anxious. The Rue du
Uavrc. Rue ST. Laz1ra. Pue de Rome and every
other street VISITED was held Icy cavalry drawn
u3 m line from sidewalk % sidewalk, sabreS Ntiil
undravn Strong dctachmen.i Of the Gardc Re
pub.rcaiuc. mounted and on foot, were
posted at every corner. The po-
lice wcie in almost military array
individuals were only allowed to pass the lines
after being questioned No group was permitted
to enter the Place du HAVE, which vas swept
from side 10 SIDE every five minutes by rush ot
police i'm double lines at double quick. The crowd
gave way. ht bact with j'crs, groans and hs-es.
and chen ooz,d slowly back into the square Some
shops were closed. other, were open; bat saw no
sign that the mob were IN any case likely
io g.t ,ac upper hand. There Is large barracks
c'osc by. There and III ever other barracks IN
Paris troops are kept on duty.
Alarm prevails and tmii people are leaving Farl'
for 10 conceivable reason. II Is known before
that w. Carnot Is elected Al 10. just before clos
ing this dispatch | havo been back - '4@
Rue st. Lazarc and along the bouleyards Inc
streets near the Rue II. Lazare are absolutely
quiet. | can hear of no collision The boule-
wards are thronged with excited bnt peace able
people The mob. SO Ilr a. one can Judge, nave Ie-
turned 10 the Stun, from whence they came. They
would be- an unsrateful mob If they dId not, since
tine mere threat Of their diSp.ca,urc has suffice TO
prevent the election OF a President they disllked
O. w :.
New-York tribune., 1887-12-04
Mr.. GARRETT NAY GO TO JAP1N
His HEALTH SAID TO BH MUCH IMPROVED.
DAILY REPORTS SENT HIM CONCERVING THE BALTI-
MORE AND OHlO-REQCIEING HIS CHEZ SIC

DAILY REPORTS SENT HIM CONCERNGNG TIE BALTl-
MORE AND OHIO-RTQUIRING HIS CHEZ SIC
RETAEY.
BALTIMORE Dee. (Speciob.-The fact that Robert
Garrett tclcgraphcd for his former chief secretary
4. Il. Crane Il join him Immediately In tic West Is
thought to mean that hc is able and anxious 10 attend
10 business again. friend Of Mr. Garrett states that
he has been Informed by telegraph daily Of everything
cate. Mr. Crane The secretary Of the cdr Car
rctt and continued under Robert Garrett When Mr.
Garrett resigned, all the cIctaIies. the number
of SIX. left the Baltimore and Ohio service. Mr..
Crane went into the banking house Of Garrett Sons,
but viii now probably accompany Nh Garrett to
Japan.
The last Of the personal property Of Robert Car
rct which remained In the Offices Of the president OF
the Baltimore and ohio was removed to-day. II
consisted of number Of large chests marked private
papers. Robert Garrett They Weic placed In
slorcruom ON the first floor OF The bulding To await
Mr.. t.arictf'~ orders.
Letters from Mr. CaUctt's party 10 friends here
state That Ms. Garrett doe, not care to extend thrr
persuade Mr. Garrett That IL would bc n delightful
trip The programme a> laid out. exclusive oi me
Japan trip IS from san Francisco to Honolulu. ON
returning TO san Francisco. The journey VIII be re-
Suncd through southern california 10 M">ifn. and from
MnNlcu to cuba by steamer. some weeks Will hc
spent in Havana. The return 90 the uitrd states
VIII be bv NcN-Orlcaus. Mr. Garlcit's health is re-
pounds IN weight now tipping the scales at over
200 pounds.
New-York tribune., 1887-12-04
,re,cyJyc N IHE FicE or cHIRGES

E,>s,s CITY, Dec. John g. Jones. an attorney from
Chicago was IN Wyandsitc Kan, to day circulating ="
~, ftou against the confirmation of G. H. j. laylor Il
,nl,rci man Wyand0tte "hO was appointed MIl''c
Ia lnefln bJ President Cleveland nf,sr the "DournT% %
80 Mir Jones represents COnplaHhhlh ln -
,,vra Mo AID Chicago, whose charges agar 49,
,,r, 10 in Tie hands "f iic senate "in"lt'o a. ,n
,r. and asserts that the Minister WAS rublIu""'" :"
Warrington by secretary Bayari to answer 'he cn'E''
WAsniNGIoS, Dec. 3-in reference 10 d s" -
I ,,o,, K,u.as Ciiy 10 the effect that C. L. TaJ lor
,ed states Minister to iberia. had not resiE hci pn'
mad been ordered TO Washington to answer , &c, 'he
.c,es n Ia said ut the II partIuent or stae .h'' 'N
.,i.ster mas resigned to take effect fixed date